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@laanwj laanwj commented Sep 30, 2016

Implement begin_ptr and end_ptr in serialize.h in terms of C++11 code, and add a comment that they are deprecated.

Follow-up to developer notes update in 654a211.

Also add a data() method to prevector, this is necessary to support this.

This returns a pointer to the beginning of the vector's data.
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btcdrak commented Oct 1, 2016

utACK e9059ac

Implement `begin_ptr` and `end_ptr` in terms of C++11 code,
and add a comment that they are deprecated.

Follow-up to developer notes update in 654a211.
@laanwj laanwj force-pushed the 2016_09_beginptr_deprecation branch from e9059ac to f00705a Compare October 2, 2016 07:51
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laanwj commented Oct 2, 2016

Removed a stray 'noexcept' from the prevector.h patch, it came in from std::vector's .data() implementation but we use that keyword nowhere else not convinced we should now.

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theuni commented Oct 4, 2016

utACK f00705a

@laanwj laanwj merged commit f00705a into bitcoin:master Oct 4, 2016
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f00705a serialize: Deprecate `begin_ptr` / `end_ptr` (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
47314e6 prevector: add C++11-like data() method (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
codablock pushed a commit to codablock/dash that referenced this pull request Jan 12, 2018
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f00705a serialize: Deprecate `begin_ptr` / `end_ptr` (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
47314e6 prevector: add C++11-like data() method (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
andvgal pushed a commit to energicryptocurrency/gen2-energi that referenced this pull request Jan 6, 2019
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f00705a serialize: Deprecate `begin_ptr` / `end_ptr` (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
47314e6 prevector: add C++11-like data() method (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
Fuzzbawls added a commit to PIVX-Project/PIVX that referenced this pull request May 19, 2020
a8b965e Explicitly initialize prevector _union (random-zebra)
bdd98e8 [Trivial] Add a comment on the use of prevector in script. (random-zebra)
bbaa6e3 Clarify prevector::erase and avoid swap-to-clear (random-zebra)
28a8435 prevector: assert successful allocation (random-zebra)
de41cb5 Only call clear on prevector if it isn't trivially destructible (random-zebra)
8784df3 Make CScript (and prevector) c++11 movable. (random-zebra)
83f9ac6 serialize: Deprecate `begin_ptr` / `end_ptr` (random-zebra)
c3ecc12 prevector: add C++11-like data() method (random-zebra)
5490aa0 test prevector::swap (random-zebra)
035760e prevector::swap: fix (unreached) data corruption (random-zebra)
0e71400 prevector: destroy elements only via erase() (random-zebra)
9811a68 [Core] Prevector type (random-zebra)

Pull request description:

  Based on:
  - [x] #1554

  This introduces `prevector<N, T>`, a new basic data type which is a fully API compatible drop-in replacement for `std::vector<T>` and uses it for the script, to reduce the considerable memory overhead of vectors in cases where they normally contain a small number of small elements.

  Original tests in Bitcoin showed a reduction in dbcache memory usage by **23%**, and made an initial sync **13%** faster.

  Backported from the following upstream's PRs, with only additional edits in the 2nd layer scripts (`masternode-payments`, `masternode-budget`) and in the unit tests (to address the differences in `insecure_rand`):

  - bitcoin#6914
  - bitcoin#7888
  - bitcoin#8850
  - bitcoin#9349
  - bitcoin#9505
  - bitcoin#9856
  - bitcoin#10534
  - bitcoin#11011
  - bitcoin#14028

  ~~NOTE: Updates to `memusage.h` needed as well, when #1531 is merged.~~

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